KASH CLEANING UP: FBI Director Logs Major Wins in First Month, MS-13 Takedowns, Narcotics Busts, and More

A strong first month for Patel…

FBI Director Kash Patel is just one month on the job, but he’s already logged some significant busts, including top MS-13 gang members and narcotics crackdowns.

“Under the leadership of Attorney General Pam Bondi, the Bureau is working aggressively each and every day to find violent criminals, no matter where they are, and bring them to justice,” Patel told Fox News Digital in reflection on his first few weeks heading up the bureau.

“Any success thus far is a credit to the brave men and women of the FBI and our state and local law enforcement partners who do amazing work to execute the mission,” he added.

From Fox News:

Arrest of top MS-13 member 

The FBI this week announced the arrest of the top U.S. MS-13 leader, 24-year-old Salvadoran national Henrry Josue Villatoro Santos.

Santos was captured in Woodbridge, Virginia, and was charged with being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm.

Officials told Fox News this week that Santos is one of the top three leaders of the MS-13 gangs in the U.S.

Bondi, the U.S. attorney general, and Patel both watched the arrest take place from a nearby tactical operation center.

‘Most wanted’ fugitive arrests

Patel announced last week that since Jan. 20, the FBI has apprehended three fugitives from the FBI’s top 10 Most Wanted list – an achievement that he said on social media is the result of good leadership and hard work from bureau personnel.

The individuals captured include Arnoldo Jimenez, accused of murdering his wife in Burbank, Illinois, in 2012; Donald Eugene Fields II, charged with child sex trafficking and child rape charges in federal and state court, respectively; and Francisco Javier Roman-Bardales, another MS-13 leader arrested in Mexico last week and extradited to the U.S., where he was charged with racketeering, conspiracy, conspiracy to provide and conceal material support and resources to terrorists, narco-terrorism conspiracy and alien smuggling conspiracy.

Narcotics crackdown 

The FBI under Patel successfully raided and arrested 22 members of a narcotics trafficking ring in Lubbock, Texas, believed to be tied to violent drug cartels based in Mexico.

The operation comes as Patel and Bondi have moved to crack down on narcotics and drug trafficking as part of Trump’s agenda for his second White House term.

In a post on X, Patel praised the work of the FBI’s Dallas Field Office, the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, and the Drug Enforcement Administration.

“These are the operations that mean safer streets for American families,” Patel said. “And we are just getting started.”

Full report over at Fox News:

Top Five takedowns: Kash Patel’s FBI hits the ground running with major early victories https://t.co/rHvaH0KW0X

— Fox News (@FoxNews) March 31, 2025

Patl shared the Fox News story, saying, “The Work is just beginning.”

This is what happens when you let good cops be cops.

The work is just beginning. https://t.co/pyTg7xUvsA

— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) March 31, 2025

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